2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 56 - TRADE NAMES, TRADE-MARKS AND UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
Section 56:11-35 - Time, notice for making disclosures.
56:11-35 Time, notice for making disclosures.
8. a. A consumer reporting agency shall make the disclosures required under section 7 of this act during normal business hours and on reasonable notice.
b. The disclosures required under section 7 of this act shall be made to the consumer:
(1) in person if the consumer appears in person and furnishes proper identification; or
(2) by telephone if the consumer has made a written request, with proper identification, for telephone disclosure and the toll charge, if any, for the telephone call is prepaid by or charged directly to the consumer.
c. Any consumer reporting agency shall provide trained personnel to explain to the consumer any information furnished to the consumer pursuant to section 7 of this act.
d. The consumer shall be permitted to be accompanied by one other person of the consumer's choosing, who shall furnish reasonable identification. A consumer reporting agency may require the consumer to furnish a written statement granting permission to the consumer reporting agency to discuss the consumer's file in that person's presence.
e. Except as provided in sections 11 and 12 of this act and sections 616 and 617 of the federal "Fair Credit Reporting Act," 15 U.S.C. s.1681n and 15 U.S.C. s.1681o, no consumer may bring any action or proceeding in the nature of defamation, invasion of privacy, or negligence with respect to the reporting of information against any consumer reporting agency, any user of information, or any person who furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency, based on information disclosed pursuant to section 7 of this act or this section or section 609, 610 or 615 of the federal "Fair Credit Reporting Act," 15 U.S.C. s.1681g, 15 U.S.C. s.1681h, or 15 U.S.C. s.1681m, or based on information disclosed by a user of a consumer report to or for a consumer against whom the user has taken adverse action, based in whole or in part on the report, except as to false information furnished with malice or willful intent to injure the consumer.
L.1997,c.172,s.8.
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